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Tele-Drive Volunteers

20/12/2020

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by Kelly Taylor

Tele-Drive and Urban/Rural Rides depend on volunteers to provide transportation for those in the community who do not have access to transportation either because of physical, geographic or economic barriers. Many of our volunteers are retired people who want to give back to their community and who recognize that everyone needs a little help at times. Some say they volunteer now because the day may come when they are no longer able to drive, and they want to make sure this service is there to help them if needed.


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Spring in Hebron

2/4/2020

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 By George Sinclair 
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Now that winter is almost gone
Spring will soon be coming on
The daylight hours will get much longer
Every day the sun is getting stronger


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Letter: Do unincorporated areas affect regional developments?

16/5/2019

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With under a year until quadrennial municipal elections, it's worth considering a broader function of municipalities and Local Service Districts (LSDs) in the region. Increasingly, initiatives of the big destinations, their partners, private interests and by community organizations and the services commission act together to shape the area.
If the role of the local government organizations on affecting regional economic and social development is not an obvious one, it should be.

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Lucky to Live in Albert County

8/5/2019

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by Kat Hallett

This spring has felt like a rollercoaster in Albert County―and no, I’m not talking about the roads. We were teased by lovely warm, sunny days followed by snow and sub-zero temperatures well into April. It feels almost surreal to say that spring has finally arrived.


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The Biggest Bang for Your Christmas Buck ~ By Melody Land

29/11/2017

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PictureStephen Holmstrom at the Christmas market in Riverside Consolidated School. Picture by Deborah Carr.
When the air is crisp, the leaves have fallen, and geese gather themselves for their yearly trip south, thoughts turn toward upcoming special days: Halloween, Remembrance Day, and then Christmas! Christmas is a widely celebrated event where family and community traditions blend in harmony. School concerts, special dinners, holiday parties, music events, charity donations, and travel plans loom over many of us by mid-November, and before we know it we are knee deep in coloured lights, festive ribbon, and list upon list of things to do, places to go, and stuff to buy.


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Albert County Appreciation Days breaks the record!

27/9/2016

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by Roy Ries

Each year, The Hopewell Rocks dedicates the proceeds of the admissions of two “Albert County Appreciation Days” to the Shepody Food Bank...one in May and one in September.
 
On behalf of the clients, volunteers and Board of Directors, we want to thank management, staff and visitors for the great success of this year’s events. In May, we received $4,102.00 plus 3100 pounds of non-perishable food contributions. On September 25th, the event broke all of the previous records! We received donations of  $5,278.58 in cash and 454 pounds of food.

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Shepody Days - a real community collaboration

4/8/2015

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Alma has its Celebration Days, Hillsborough has Homecoming Days and Riverside-Albert’s Shepody Days is growing to rival these two neighbouring celebrations, while sandwiched between them on the second weekend in July.

Shepody Days began four years ago with a great idea by Joanne Butland, her mom Beulah Morrissey and her family – to hold kayak races on the river near Riverside Consolidated School. 


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The World at our Albert County Door

21/7/2015

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by Rachel LeBlanc

  Three years ago a tired couple who were backpacking across NB randomly stopped at our house and asked if they could borrow our backyard as a campsite. Simon and Mieke were from the south of France and we had a beautiful evening with them, and in the morning we shared a warm cup of coffee. Meike was expecting a child so we chatted about all things baby. It was wonderful. 


Simon and Meike taught me that sometimes life brings you amazing opportunities in the form of strangers. Welcome this.

The next summer, as I drove home the twisty-turny roads of Route 114 towards Hillsborough, I noticed a couple of cyclists labouring their way in the darkest, stormiest rain.


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    Views from Albert County

    Connecting Albert County would like to thank the following supporters & advertisers:

    Platinum supporters
    - Bennett and Albert County Health Care (BACH) Foundation  
    ​- Albert County Pharmacy
    - CR Yardworks & Equipment
    ​​- Hon. Rob Moore, MP for Fundy Royal


    Gold supporters
    - CBDC Westmorland Albert 
    - ​Albert County Funeral Home​​


    Silver supporters
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    Albert County Chamber of Commerce 
    - Crooked Creek Convenience 
    - East Coast Kids Child Care & Learning Centre
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    Fireside Home Heating
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    - 
    Foods of the Fundy Valley​
    - The Garden Guy (Micheal McBurnie) 
    - 
    Hon. Mike Holland, Minister, MLA-Albert 
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    The Old Church Farmers' Market​
    - Village of Hillsborough
    - Village of Riverside-Albert

    Bronze supporters

    - Broadleaf Ranch ​
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    ​Chipoudy Communities Revitalization Committee (CCRC)
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    Cape Enrage Fundy Log Cabin
    - Falcon Ridge Inn B&B 
    - Fundy Highlands Motel and Chalets
    - 
    Fundy Mud Pottery 

    - Jeff MacDougall, SouthEastern Mutual Insurance 
    -​ Village of Alma


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